Quotes of: Action-hero Keyword

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

Marian Wright Edelman

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.

Ruth J. Simmons

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

All varieties of the producers' policy are advocated on the ground of their alleged ability to raise the party members' standard of living. Protectionism and economic self-sufficiency, labor union pressure and compulsion, labor legislation, minimum w...

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

Without exception all political parties promise their supporters a higher real income. There is no difference in this respect between nationalists and internationalists and between the supporters of a market economy and the advocates of either social...

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

the shooting and killing weren’t as black-and-white as most people think. The actions live in that hazy area of blown-apart stone walls and hesitations. Sometimes I shot when I shouldn’t have; other times I didn’t shoot when I should have. Ther...

Soft Spots: A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussions start from these and are about these; and, further, since he tends to follow his passions, his s...

The Nicomachean Ethics

Maybe it’s something to do with the movements: the Cat and then the Cow, the twist to the left and then to the right, the reaching up, and then bending to the ground, the constant training of the body to move one way, and then to move in the opposi...

Yin, Yang, Yogini: A Woman's Quest for Balance, Strength, and Inner Peace

...it is a mistake to reduce every decision about Christian living to a "Heaven-or-Hell issue." For example, some ask if the Bible specifically says a certain action is a "sin" or will send them to "Hell." If not, they feel free to indulge in that ac...

David K. Bernard

His action was inexcusable, but it was forgivable.

The Caleb Years: When God Doesn't Make Sense

If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

Emotion has its place, but it must not interfere with taking the appropriate action.

Finding Jim

...perhaps in actions I'm less of a man - but, oh the words - such lovely words...

A Familiar Rain

Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.

The Brothers Karamazov

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

Agatha Christie

Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitu...

Quentin Bryce

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

Akhenaton

'The Desolation of Smaug' stands alone as an action/adventure epic movie. It's visually stunning, and the 3D is incredible. Plus, it's directed by Peter Jackson, and he's extraordinary.

Luke Evans

I think Alone in the Dark was too much an action creature movie than a horror creature movie.

Uwe Boll

Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they call action, she's right there.

Lisa Kudrow

I hate that the actions of a minority can influence the opinions of a majority.

Hate is Such a Strong Word